Akansha Batra

514 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 320 citations indexed

About

Akansha Batra is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Akansha Batra has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 320 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in General Health Professions, 9 papers in Health and 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Akansha Batra's work include Health disparities and outcomes (9 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (6 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers). Akansha Batra is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (9 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (6 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers). Akansha Batra collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Finland. Akansha Batra's co-authors include Rita Hamad, Daniel F. Collin, Laura Shields‐Zeeman, Nicole R. Bush, Kaja Z. LeWinn, Frances A. Tylavsky, Justin S. White, Deborah Karasek, David H. Rehkopf and Sepideh Modrek and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, American Journal of Epidemiology and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Akansha Batra

14 papers receiving 309 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Effects Of The 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit On Adults’ Mental Health: A Quasi-Experimental Study

2023 66 citations Akansha Batra, Rita Hamad et al. Health Affairs profile →

Peers

Akansha Batra

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Daniel F. Collin United States

Kelly Noonan United States

Phongsack Manivong Canada

Stephanie Montesanti Canada

Timothy J. Classen United States

Laura Shields‐Zeeman Netherlands

Li Kuang China

Katie Gunter United States

Shilpa Nayak United Kingdom

Rachael A. Spencer United States

Daniel F. Collin United States

Akansha Batra

166 ×0.9

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82 ×0.8

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56 ×0.7

74 ×1.0

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58 ×1.2

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Citations per year, relative to Akansha Batra Akansha Batra (= 1×) peers Daniel F. Collin

Countries citing papers authored by Akansha Batra

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Akansha Batra

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akansha Batra

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Akansha Batra. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Akansha Batra based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Akansha Batra. Akansha Batra is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

Batra, Akansha, et al.. (2025). Utilization of Breathwork Meditation in Improving Wellness in Trainees of Speech-Language Pathology: A Prospective Cohort Study. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. 10(4). 1190–1200.

Batra, Akansha, et al.. (2023). Promoting health equity through poverty alleviation policy: Factors associated with receipt of the 2021 U.S. Child Tax Credit in a nationwide sample. Preventive Medicine. 175. 107717–107717. 2 indexed citations

Karasek, Deborah, Akansha Batra, Rebecca J. Baer, et al.. (2023). Estimating the effect of timing of earned income tax credit refunds on perinatal outcomes: a quasi-experimental study of California births. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 2180–2180. 1 indexed citations

Batra, Akansha, et al.. (2023). Effects Of The 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit On Adults’ Mental Health: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Health Affairs. 42(1). 74–82. 66 indexed citations breakdown →

Guan, Alice, Akansha Batra, Hilary K. Seligman, & Rita Hamad. (2023). Understanding the Predictors of Low Take-Up of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): A Nationwide Longitudinal Study. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 27(10). 1795–1810. 4 indexed citations

Guan, Alice, Akansha Batra, & Rita Hamad. (2022). Effects of the revised WIC food package on women’s and children’s health: a quasi-experimental study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 22(1). 806–806.

Batra, Akansha & Rita Hamad. (2021). Short-term effects of the earned income tax credit on children's physical and mental health. Annals of Epidemiology. 58. 15–21. 29 indexed citations

Batra, Akansha, Deborah Karasek, & Rita Hamad. (2021). Racial Differences in the Association between the U.S. Earned Income Tax Credit and Birthweight. Women s Health Issues. 32(1). 26–32. 13 indexed citations

Collin, Daniel F., et al.. (2021). The effects of state earned income tax credits on mental health and health behaviors: A quasi-experimental study. Social Science & Medicine. 276. 113274–113274. 23 indexed citations

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Shields‐Zeeman, Laura, Daniel F. Collin, Akansha Batra, & Rita Hamad. (2021). How does income affect mental health and health behaviours? A quasi-experimental study of the earned income tax credit. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 75(10). 929–935. 39 indexed citations

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Guan, Alice, Rita Hamad, Akansha Batra, et al.. (2021). The Revised WIC Food Package and Child Development: A Quasi-Experimental Study. PEDIATRICS. 147(2). 12 indexed citations

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Modrek, Sepideh, et al.. (2020). The effect of California's paid family leave policy on parent health: A quasi-experimental study. Social Science & Medicine. 251. 112915–112915. 45 indexed citations

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Collin, Daniel F., Laura Shields‐Zeeman, Akansha Batra, et al.. (2020). Short-term effects of the earned income tax credit on mental health and health behaviors. Preventive Medicine. 139. 106223–106223. 18 indexed citations

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LeWinn, Kaja Z., Nicole R. Bush, Akansha Batra, Frances A. Tylavsky, & David H. Rehkopf. (2020). Identification of Modifiable Social and Behavioral Factors Associated With Childhood Cognitive Performance. JAMA Pediatrics. 174(11). 1063–1063. 31 indexed citations

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Hamad, Rita, Akansha Batra, Deborah Karasek, et al.. (2019). The Impact of the Revised WIC Food Package on Maternal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Postpartum. American Journal of Epidemiology. 188(8). 1493–1502. 35 indexed citations

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Batra, Akansha, Indrani Gupta, & Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay. (2017). Gender Differences in Health Expenditure of Rural Cancer Patients: Evidence from a Public Tertiary Care Facility in India. Journal of Quantitative Economics. 16(3). 615–629. 2 indexed citations

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